Metro briefs: Maple Grove offers free rides to and from COVID-19 vaccines
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Maple Grove Transit is offering free round-trip rides on its on-demand MY RIDE service to people getting COVID-19 vaccinations through June 30.
The offer is good for anybody who lives within the service zone and is going to a state-approved vaccination site for their first or second shot.
Trips must be booked by phone at 763-493-2200.
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Metro briefs: Archivist joins Anoka County Historical Society January 9, 2021 3:36pm Text size Copy shortlink:
The Anoka County Historical Society has hired a new archivist to oversee its collection, despite the pandemic temporarily closing its museum s doors.
The Historical Society lost its sole archivist two months ago, and the board of directors briefly considered not filling the position to save money for 2021, said Executive Director Rebecca Ebnet-Desens. But she said larger, long-term exhibits and collections, such as those on the late Anoka artist Jon Arfstrom and Federal Cartridge, the old Anoka-based ammunition maker, need a full-time archivist.
Erin McBrien, a recent Syracuse University graduate, is bringing the Historical Society back to full-strength staffing as the new archivist. Ebnet-Desens and volunteer coordinator Sara Given are the only other full-time employees in addition to several part-timers, w
What s open, closed on New Year s Day December 31, 2020 6:51pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Post offices: Closed. No regular mail service.
Banks: All Bremer Bank branches will be closed. TCF traditional branches and in-store branches (Cub) will be closed. Wells Fargo in-store and traditional branches will be closed. U.S. Bank traditional branches will be closed and branches in Byerlys stores will be closed.
Groceries: Many major supermarkets will be open. Byerly s stores are open. Call for hours.
Malls: Many stores will be open. Call for hours.
Mass transit: Metro Transit buses and Metro Blue and Green lines will follow Sunday schedules. The Metro Red Line will follow Sunday schedules. For route information, call 612-373-3333 or go to metrotransit.org. The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority will have regular weekend service. Call for schedules. Maple Grove Transit, Plymouth Metrolink and SouthWest Transit will no